A new president for AFNOR

Guy Maugis succeeds Marc Ventre as President of the French Standards Association for a further three years. AFNOR's General Meeting also validates the very positive achievements and results for the year 2022.

Published on28/08/2023,updated20/09/2024à13:28 Reading time : 3 minutes

At the close of the General Meeting of AFNOR members on June 27, 2023 in Paris, the members of theBoard ofDirectors electedGuy Maugisas President of AFNOR. In accordance with the Association’s bylaws, this choice was presented to the French Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, Bruno Le Maire, who approved it. The industrial and Franco-German background of this former Bosch employee, polytechnician and Ponts et Chaussées engineer, is in line with AFNOR’s ambitions to become even more involved in France 2030 and to support the sovereignty that Europe is claiming over the markets of tomorrow, in the wake of the European standardization strategy that CommissionerThierry Bretonset out in February 2022. He succeedsMarc Ventre, who has completed his second term.Jérôme Delpechjoins the Association’s Ethics Committee, a consultative body, replacingFrançois Pelegrin.

Afnor: International barometer

Guy Maugis will also have to lead AFNOR towards 2026, the centenary year of an association well established in terms of normative influence worldwide. The proof is in the pudding

the 2023 edition of theInternational Standardization Barometer, which measures the volume of voluntary standardization work carried out by each country, both in Europe and worldwide. It shows that France remains in2ndplace on the European scene (CEN-CENELEC) and3rdplace on the international scene (ISO-IEC). With a quarter of all CEN activities, France ranks behind Germany and well ahead of the UK, and is behind the creation of two new standardization activities, onquality in medical imaging(CEN/TC 470) anddrones(CEN/TC 471). On a global scale, France is still behind Germany and the United States, and ahead of Japan, the United Kingdom and China. It coordinates 79 secretariats, including a new one onnatural gas refueling stations(ISO/TC 340).

AFNOR Group 2022 Activity Report

Also at the Annual General Meeting, the members of the Association française de normalisation (who numbered 1,500 at December 31, 2022), approved the moral and financial report for the year 2022. On the basis of the Association’s activities (standardization, publishing), the financial results show a positive net income of €2.9 million, on sales of €70.2 million, excluding public subsidies (€6 million). These figures can be consulted in the Activity and Social Responsibility Report 2022,available here. These good results, the fruit of a strategy deployed over several years combined with the commitment of our employees, demonstrate the robustness of the Group’s business model.

New or renewed directors

  • Confédération nationale du logement(CNL), represented by Anne Lucet-Dallongeville (renewal)
  • Syndicat national des directeurs généraux des collectivités territoriales(SNDGCT), represented by Stanislas Lucienne, Director General of Services for the Roumois-Seine community of communes
  • Association des industries de produits de construction(AIMCC), represented by Frédéric Boisse, General Secretary of Syndicat national des mortiers industriels (SNMI)
  • Fédération des industries électriques, électroniques et de communication(FIEEC), represented by Benoit Lavigne, general delegate (renewal)
  • Suez Eau France, represented by Isabelle Vendeuvre, Group Standards Manager

Find thefull composition of AFNOR’s Board of Directors here.

Find out more about AFNOR’s governance :
organization & governance

Caption & photo credit :
©Arthur Enard



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